Radiator



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I Q'. S. BAOKUS.

RADIATOR.

Patented Dec. 6, 1887 (No Model.\ Q S BACKUS 2 Sheetv-Sfieet 2.

RADIATOR.

PatentedDec. 6, 1 887.

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QUIMBY S. BAOKUS, OF \VINCHENDON, MASSACHUSETTS.

RADIATOR.

SPECIFICATION forcing part of Letters Patent No. 374,333, dated December 6, 1887.

Application filed June 29, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, QUIMBY S. BAOKUS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Winchendon, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Radiators; and I do hereby declare the following'to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to steanrradiators for warming apartments in dwelling-houses and like buildings; and it consists of a steam-rat diator of peculiar construction, and its connection with other parts with which it is used.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated two forms of radiators embodying my invention, and have described the constructions shown, and set the invention forth fully in the specification and claims.

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of my radiator used in connection with a steamgenerator within the fireniche. Fig. 2 is a partial longitudinal section of the same construction. Fig. 3 is a transverse section. Fig. 4 is a front View. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified construction.

In my application No. 218,421, filed Novemher 9, 1886,I have shown a mantel constructed in such a manner as to act as a radiator. It is not unfrequently the case that a radiator is desired where a mantel is already in the house and is of such a character that it is desired to retain it. In such case I employ the radiator forming the subject-matter of this application. In my former application the mantel constitutes the radiator. In my present construction my radiator is used with a mantel, and lies wholly within the same, and forms a fare ing for the space between the mantel and the firespace.

In the said drawings, A designates the mantel, of usual form, surrounding a fire-place niche.

Bis my radiator, which constitutes three sides of a rectangle and occupies the space between the mantel and the grate or firespace within the same, and which is now frequently filled by tiling or ornamental iron-work. This radiator is constructed of hollow shallow plates of thin material, and is provided with suitable inlet and outlet pipes for steam.

Serial No. 242,837. (No model.)

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown the fire-space or grate provided with a steamgenerator, O, and a gas'log, D, for heating the same. The steam-generator is connected with the upper part of the radiator by pipes c, and with the. lower portion of the same by pipes (Z. (Best shown in Fig. 2.) The arrangement of these pipes is such that a circulation of the, steam through the radiator is secured, and the construction secures the radiation of the heat from the steam generated, as well as the direct action of the fire in heating the room.

The fire-place niche being cut off from the chimney, I may provide my radiator with openings 1) 011 each side at the bottom, and openings 6 at the top, to admit air to the space at the rear of the radiator to be heated and returned to the room. In case of the apartment becoming too highly heated it can be ventilated by turning the damper E in the throat of the chimney.

The front walls of the radiator are 1)!Cfe1il--- bly made with an outer surface of ornamental character in imitation of tiling or other preferred form of ornamentation.

My improved radiator may also be used in connection with a distant steam-generator, it being supplied with the proper inlet and outlet pipes, as in other forms of radiators. These are shown in dotted lines, Fig. 4, and in full lines in Fig. 5 at a a.

Where my radiator is used in connection with a distant generator, I may prefer to provide additional heat'radiating surface by con structing and connecting with said radiator a hollow fire-board fitting within and closing the grate or fire space. T his radiator is shown at 13 in Figs. 3, 4., and 5. In the drawings I have shown this portion of my radiator set a little to the rear of that portion forming the jambs; but I may have the two portions in the same vertical plane. The two parts are constructed, in this instance, so that both are furnished with steam by the supply-pipe (t, and discharge it through the outlet a; but the supply-pipe may be connected to but one of the two parts, and the two parts of the radiator united by suitable connecting-pipes. In most instances I prefer to connect the two parts at one or more points, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 at a In employing this form of my device the rear of the fire-niche is closed by a plate,

F, or other construction, and the radiator provided with the openings 6 and b for permitting a circulation of air back of the radiator. Of course it will be understood that provision will be made in the usual way for permitting the air within the radiator to escape and for drawing off any water of condensation that may form within. The front of the part B may be provided with any preferred form of ornamentation,and this part is preferably made detachable from the other, so that it can be taken out and a gas or other fire substituted when desired.

What Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A radiator consisting of a shallow hollow plate located within a mantel, and forming a facing for the space between the mantel and the fire-space, and inlets and outlets for said plate, substantially as described.

2. A radiator consisting of a shallow hollow plate forming three sides of a rectangle, locatedlwithin a mantel, and forming a facing for the space between the mantel and the firespaee, and a hollow plate filling the space within the radiator, and connected thereto, and inlets and outlets, substantially as described.

3. The cdinbination, with a fire-niche, of a mantel, and a radiator consisting of shallow hollow plates at the sides and top of the fireniche, and between the same and the mantel, and inlets and outlets, substantially as described.

24. The combination, with a fire-niche or fire-space and a mantel, of hollow shallow plates at three sides of the fire niche or space between the same and the mantel, of a steamgenerator within the fire-niche, and connections between the steam-generator and the ra diator forming a steam-circuit, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. V

QUIMBY S. BAGKUS. Witnesses:

CHAS. MArnEws, J r., F. E. BAOKUS. 

